Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hull battered and charred, the Forrestal limped toward the Philippines with belowdecks fires still raging. The toll: at least 70 known dead, 89 missing. At least 26 planes were destroyed and another 28 damaged, with a loss of more than $60 million in aircraft alone...
...Detroit -- Violence was subsiding yesterday, and there was talk of withdrawing Federal troops. The death toll stood at 38 in the nation's costliest riot...
...doubt the new wealth and accompanying seven flavors of wine took their toll. No doubt the continued success of the Playboy parody brought an all-time high in complacency, and low in standards. No doubt nobody cared. All these explanations, however, only hit the surface. The real problem, deep down, happened to be the power struggle...
...toll in human suffering mounted hourly. Before the week was out, at least 21 people were dead, more than 1,000 injured, another 1,600 arrested. Property damage soared into the millions...
Brief as it was, the Middle East war took a heavy toll in Arab lives (22,000) and Arab real estate (30,000 sq. mi.). But the impact of those losses was small compared with the crippling economic aftermath of defeat. Last week, from one end of the Arab world to the other, government radios wove into their continuing threats and recriminations warnings of the "sacrifices" and "hard times" that lie ahead as the Arabs pick up the pieces...